The Natural Stone Awards is a biennial award set up to celebrate the best and brightest of natural stone construction projects from across the industry. Deadline 20 March 2026<\/p>\n","content":"
Der Natural Stone Awards<\/strong> celebrate excellence in the design, craftsmanship and construction of projects using natural stone across the UK and beyond. Organised by Stone Federation Great Britain<\/strong>, the biennial programme recognises outstanding achievements across a wide range of sectors, highlighting the versatility, durability and sustainability of natural stone as a building material.<\/p>\n Open to architects, contractors, stone specialists, suppliers, clients and building owners, the awards showcase projects demonstrating high standards of design quality, technical skill and project delivery. Categories cover areas such as stone cladding, structural stone construction, restoration and conservation, interiors, landscaping and craftsmanship.<\/p>\n By recognising innovative and carefully executed projects, the awards highlight the diverse applications of natural stone and promote best practice across the architecture and construction industries.<\/p>","website":"https:\/\/naturalstoneawards.co.uk\/ ","eligibility":"The categories are as follows:
\r\nExternal Stone Cladding (Precast\/Rainscreen\/Traditional Handset) | New Build Structural Stone, Loadbearing & Hybrid | Reuse & Retrofit | Repair & Restoration (Historic\/Ecclesiastical) | Stone Conservation | Craftsmanship | Interiors (Commercial) | Interiors (Residential) | Hard Landscape (Commercial\/Public Realm) | Hard Landscape (Residential)
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\r\n-\tProjects of any size are eligible for all categories.
\r\n-\tThe nomination of a project may be made by the architect\/designer, the building\/property owner, the builder\/main contractor, the principal stone contractor, the stone supplier or any other person involved in the project.
\r\n-\tA project can be entered into more than one award category, but a separate fee will be charged for each category entered.
\r\n-\tThe permission of the building\/property owner and the occupier must be obtained prior to submission of the entry.
\r\n-\tIt is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure that all relevant parties involved in the contract (as shown above) are listed on the application form.
\r\n-\tThe project must be within the UK and the construction work must have been completed between 1 March 2023 and 1 March 2026. ","submission":"-\tDescription of the project should be a minimum of 400 words and should include type of natural stone used and the methodology including fixing details where applicable.
\r\n-\tFor all New Build categories, design details must be included to enable the judges to make a clear critical assessment of the project. These should include information such as structural details of the building and fixing details.
\r\n-\tThe entry should be supported by not more than 6 (12 for Repair & Restoration) jpeg digital photographs to illustrate the use of stone in the project.
\r\n-\tRequire digital drawing (no more than 4), sufficient to explain the construction of the building\/project and the fixing of the stone.
\r\n-\tLocation plan required showing means of access.
\r\n","entry_cost":"A fee of \u00a385.00 + VAT is required for each entry in each category.
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\r\nFor 5 or more entries, there is a discounted multiple-entry fee of \u00a375 + VAT per entry.","entry_deadline":"20 March 2026","programme":"","beedier_commentary":"","calendar_date":"20260320","show_until":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beedier.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/awards\/26734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beedier.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/awards"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beedier.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/awards"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beedier.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/awards\/26734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26736,"href":"https:\/\/beedier.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/awards\/26734\/revisions\/26736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beedier.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}